MTR VEHICLE/TRUCKS: Provides with respect to loads on vehicles
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Summary
The bill requires trucks and other vehicles on Louisiana highways to be loaded so that material cannot drop, sift, leak, or escape, except for sand used for traction or liquids used to clean the road. It exempts certain maintenance vehicles and agricultural vehicles that drop only incidental residue, and makes willful violations a misdemeanor with fines up to $250 per incident. The state police are authorized to adopt rules to enforce the new requirements.
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